"I don't dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living."" These words of Steven Spielberg echo the idea of the American Dream, where virtues of hard work and ambition can take one anywhere. Generically ... also means the Dream itself is corrupt. Nick, at first, enjoys the privileges of the rich by joining their company, yet he doesn't know the wickedness behind the gatherings. After a night of partying, he is speaking with Mr. McKee " Come to lunch some day' Where?' Anywhere. All right I'll be glad to. I was standing Beauty and the Beast Loneliness Brooklyn Bridge ... ...

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... or regards for anyone, not even her own baby. The novel ends with Gatsby's murder by the enraged husband of the woman who Daisy ran over in Gatsby's car one night. After Gatsby's death Nick believes that Gatsby gave all he had for a dream that had little promise, noting that "Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out Daisy's dock his dream ... motivated his dreams gone, he admits that he will become like the other workers and says " I'll work my month an' I'll take my fifty bucks an' I'll stay all night in some lousy cat house. Or I'll set in some poolroom till ever'body goes home. An' t...

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... ). Daisy was like a virus that utterly and completely consumed Gatsby. He notes every little detail about Daisy, even the little green light on at the end of her dock. At night Gatsby would step outside his house and perform a ritual, "he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn ... that Daisy would show up someday, see his magnificent wealth and fall in love with him again. " I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties, some night'- (Fitzgerald 84). After many years of trying to obtain his empire so th...

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... , we see in the last scenes of The Great Gatsby that Wilson, Myrtle's husband believed that Dr T.J Eckleburg's eyes is the ever watching eyes of God. Wilson spent the whole night telling Michaelis about Myrtle's love affair and how he had confronted her and told her that she will never escape the eyes of God. The next morning, Wilson is astonished ... ...

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... . "Was Daisy driving?" "Yes. . . but of course I'll say I was." He also watches and protects Daisy as she returns home. "How long are you going to wait?" said Nick "All night if necessary." States Mr. Gatsby. Jay cannot accept that the past is gone and done with. Jay is sure that he can capture his dream with wealth and influence. He ... ...

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